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Taxon: Pipturus argenteus (G. Forst.) Wedd.
Family: Urticaceae

Collector: Binatang Research Center   YS2J0073   

Date: 2012-11-14

Verbatim Date: 14 Nov 2012

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan

-6.164683  146.841717

Elevation: 1855 meters (6084ft)

Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest

Description: tree, to 16.2 m in height, DBH 18.7 cm, trunk height to foliage 6.2 m, crown height 10 m, crown width 7.72 m, buttresses up to 0.67 m; foliage 23 kg mature wet mass, 0.375 kg juvenile wet mass; fissures vertical, narrow; bark white; cambium light brown; wood white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: Udan Local use: Firewood and wood shed; Fruit bait for birds; bark is used to manipulate hair and to make dread locks.

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Record Id: 208e3b0e-2893-48b1-9e14-da39ef8570f2

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